More than _______ of the classmates in my class ____ fond of pop music．

    A．two-third, is       B．two-thirds, is      

    C．second-third, are    D．two-thirds, are

people who often stay up too late are more likely to die of heart disease, ___________a study.

He tried to join the Army but to his disappointment ended up being ____________ because of poor health and eyesight.

A. turned down       B. turned back       C. turned over        D. turned against

Football is played in more than 80 countries,        it the most popular sport around the world.

  A. making         B. to make          C. having made      D. and make

The last letter ____ arrived yesterday morning left him______ very sad.

    A. which; feel      B. which; to feel       C. that; feeling            D. /; felt

--Mum, where is my toy car? You promised.

--_____, my dear, but you know mum is pretty busy today. Tomorrow, OK?

A. So it is       B. So is it    C. So did I       D. So I did   

Knowing how long the test would last, the students who finished _______ back and waited until the end of the exam.

    A. settle   B. settled  C. settling D. to settle

Please find some books that _____________ these matters.

A. light upon   B. give light upon  

C. throw light upon            D throws light upon

You can get off the bus one or two stops ________ and walk the rest of the way to work every day so as to take some exercise.

A. more early     B. earliest           C. early             D. earlier

A new walking, talking robot from Japan which has black hair and a woman’s face that can smile will attend a fashion show. It has trimmed down（减少）to 43kg, but it still hasn’t reached the safety standards required to share the catwalk with human models.

Developers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, a government-backed organization, said their “cybernetic（全自动控制的）human” wasn’t ready to help with daily housework or work side by side with people—as many hope robots will be able to do in the future.

“In technology, it hasn’t reached that level,” said Hirohisa Hirukawa, one of the robot’s developers. “Even as a fashion model, people in the industry told us she was short and had a rather ordinary figure.”

For now, the 158 cm tall black-haired robot named HRP-4C—whose predecessor（前任）had weighed 58 kg — will mainly serve to draw and entertain crowds. Developers said the robot may be used in amusement parks or to perform human movement, as an exercise instructor, for instance.

 HRP-4C was designed to look like an ordinary Japnese woman, although its silver-and-black body reminds people of a space suit. It will appear in a Tokyo fashion show — without any clothes — in a special part just for the robot next week.

The robotic framework（框架）for  HRP-4C, without the face and other coverings, will go on sale for about 20 million yen（日元） each. Its programming technology will be made public so other people can come up with fun moves for the robot, the scientists said.

Japan is one of the leading robotics industries in the world, and the government is pushing to develop the industry as a road to growth.

What do we know about HRP-4C’s predecessor?

A．It is shorter than HRP-4C .    B．It is cleverer than HRP-4C .

C．It is taller than HRP-4C .     D．It is heavier than HRP-4C .

According to the passage, how many of the following could HRP-4C do?

a． drawing pictures   

b.  walking and talking

c.  doing housework

d.  working with people

e.  smiling

A．2                B．3            C．4            D．5

Which of the following about HRP-4C is TURE?

A．It wears a space suit.         

B．Its price is 20 million dollars.    

C．It can be used as an exercise instructor.       

D．As a fashion model, it has a perfect figure.

HRP-4C’s programming technology will be made public to        .

A．make money                       B．make new frameworks     

C．let other people improve it          D．help make new face and coverings

What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The purpose of making HRP-4C.    B．Robotics industry in Japan.     

C．A new Japanese robot.                D．Japanese and robots.